What do children think is important for their future?

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Overall rates

% of children saying each item was important for their future

Children were asked to select up to 5 items from the items below that they felt were most important for them to have a good life. The percentages in the chart below represent the proportion selecting each item.

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Combinations of items

What combinations of items do children think are important?

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Which combinations most commonly co-occur?

Which combinations are most correlated?

Which combinations most commonly co-occur?

Which combinations are most correlated?

Which combinations most commonly co-occur?

Which combinations are most correlated?

Which combinations most commonly co-occur?

Which combinations are most correlated?

Local area rates

How is this different in different areas?

By local authority

Overall rates in an LA

By Parliamentary Constituency

Local area chars

How is this different based on an area’s characteristics?

Select characteristic Urban/rural Income deprivation affecting children Cumulative LA COVID case rate LA rates of missed face to face teaching during lockdown Crime rates in an area LA Child obesity rates (Yr 6 pupils) Go

Please select area characteristic of interest and press Go. Note: all characteristics are based on respondents’ LSOA of residence with the exception of learning loss estimates which are LA level

Child Demographics

How is this different by children’s characteristics?

Select characteristic Age (grouped) Age (Single year) Gender Age + gender Ethnicity Ethnicity + Age Ethnicity + Gender Go

Please select characteristic of interest and press Go

Vulnerable children

How is this different for disadvantaged/vulnerable children?

Select characteristic SEN Kinship care Children in care/ with a social worker Children in youth justice Children receiving mental health support Young carers Go

Please select characteristic of interest and press Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Children in care or with a social worker

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Children with a social worker only

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Children in care only

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Children in mental health hospitals

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

School chars

How is this different by where children go to school?

Select characteristic School phase Type of school School Ofsted rating Average school attainment 8 scores School exclusion rates School absence rates Go

Please select characteristic of interest and press Go

Permanent exclusions

Fixed term exclusions

Persistent absence

Unauthorised absence

Link to happiness now

How is this different based on what they are unhappy about now?

% of respondents overall saying they are unhappy with something and that they fell something is important

Correlation between what children are unhappy with and what they feel is important

Note: red = stronger positive correlation (i.e. children selecting row are more likely to also select column in the chart below), blue = stronger negative correlation

Regression

What factors are most predictive of what children think is important?

What types of characteristics are most predictive?

What specific characteristics are most predictive?

Select outcome A good job or career A healthy environment and planet A nice home to live in Being part of a good local community Enough money to buy the things I need Everyone being treated fairly Getting on well with my current family Good friends Good mental health Good physical health Having a good education Living in a nice area with things to do Starting my own family Go

How well can we predict these outcomes overall?

Segmentation

Can we combine children into groups that think similar things are important for their future?

Approach to creating groups

Resulting groups with similar combinations

Explore characteristics of these groups Children’s demographics Differences by LA Differences by area characteristics Differences by vulnerable groups Go

How is this different by children’s characteristics?

Select characteristic Age (grouped) Age (Single year) Gender Age + gender Ethnicity Ethnicity + Age Ethnicity + Gender Go

Please select characteristic of interest and press Go

How is this different in different areas?

By local authority

Overall rates in an LA

By Parliamentary Constituency

How is this different based on an area’s characteristics?

Select characteristic Urban/rural Income deprivation affecting children Cumulative LA COVID case rate LA rates of missed face to face teaching during lockdown Crime rates in an area LA Child obesity rates (Yr 6 pupils) Go

Please select area characteristic of interest and press Go. Note: all characteristics are based on respondents’ LSOA of residence with the exception of learning loss estimates which are LA level

How is this different for disadvantaged/vulnerable children?

Select characteristic SEN Kinship care Children in care/ with a social worker Children in youth justice Children receiving mental health support Young carers Go

Please select characteristic of interest and press Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Children in care or with a social worker

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Children with a social worker only

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Children in care only

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Children in mental health hospitals

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go

Select age group 9-17 9-11 12-15 16-17 Go